Genesis 8

Genesis 8 is the account of the conclusion of the global flood and Noah's emergence from the ark.

God remembers Noah and all the creatures in the ark and sends a wind to help the floodwaters recede. After 150 days, the waters begin to decrease. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

The waters continue to recede. By the first day of the tenth month, the tops of mountains become visible. After 40 more days, Noah opens the window of the ark and sends out a raven, which flies back and forth until the earth is dry. He then sends out a dove, which returns, finding no place to rest. Seven days later, he sends the dove again, and it returns with a freshly plucked olive leaf, indicating the waters had receded. After another seven days, he sends the dove once more, and this time it does not return.

When Noah was 601 years old, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried from the earth. By the 27th day of the second month, the earth was completely dry. God then commands Noah to leave the ark with his family and all the animals, instructing them to be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

After exiting, Noah builds an altar and offers burnt offerings from the clean animals. God is pleased with the sacrifice and promises never again to curse the ground because of humans or destroy all living creatures this way.